David Lowe (video game music composer)
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David Lowe also known as "Uncle Art" is a British composer known for his work on computer games from 1985 to 1995.
Lowe got attention by making music with professional synthesizers (CX5, DX7, RX11 drum machine) for an additional cassette tape distributed with the games Starglider 2
and Carrier Command
.
His Starglider
soundtrack for 16-bit computers (ST & Amiga) was also notable of having 15 seconds long song (a single sound file) with vocals and synthesizers on both versions. Amiga version's title music used high quality instrument sounds (for then prevailing standards - before tracker music).
David has two daughters: The eldest - Elizabeth Lowe - is currently (2010) in a stage play with Dirk Benedict, and the younger is Holly Jazz Lowe, singer and songwriter in the band Like a Thief. His wife Victoria Lowe was formerly a reserve member of Pan's People
, and studied under Arlene Phillips
.
Notable Atari ST
Lowe got attention by making music with professional synthesizers (CX5, DX7, RX11 drum machine) for an additional cassette tape distributed with the games Starglider 2
Starglider 2
Starglider 2 was an early 3D space simulator/flight simulator video game released in 1988 by Argonaut Games and was the sequel to Starglider...
and Carrier Command
Carrier Command
Carrier Command is a landmark 1980s computer game available on Amiga, Atari ST, PC, ZX Spectrum, Apple Macintosh, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC computers....
.
His Starglider
Starglider
Starglider is a 3D video game released in 1986 by Rainbird. It was developed by Argonaut Software, led by programmer Jez San. The game was inspired by Jez San's love of the 1983 Atari coin-op Star Wars, It was a fast-moving, first-person combat flight simulator, rendered with colourful wireframe...
soundtrack for 16-bit computers (ST & Amiga) was also notable of having 15 seconds long song (a single sound file) with vocals and synthesizers on both versions. Amiga version's title music used high quality instrument sounds (for then prevailing standards - before tracker music).
David has two daughters: The eldest - Elizabeth Lowe - is currently (2010) in a stage play with Dirk Benedict, and the younger is Holly Jazz Lowe, singer and songwriter in the band Like a Thief. His wife Victoria Lowe was formerly a reserve member of Pan's People
Pan's People
Pan's People were a British TV dance troupe, who are usually associated with the BBC TV music chart show Top of the Pops.In an era before pop videos, they danced to songs whose original artists were not available to perform them live...
, and studied under Arlene Phillips
Arlene Phillips
Arlene Phillips OBE is an English choreographer, theatre director, talent scout, TV presenter, TV judge and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment...
.
Notable Atari STAtari STThe Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
, Amiga and PC games
- StargliderStargliderStarglider is a 3D video game released in 1986 by Rainbird. It was developed by Argonaut Software, led by programmer Jez San. The game was inspired by Jez San's love of the 1983 Atari coin-op Star Wars, It was a fast-moving, first-person combat flight simulator, rendered with colourful wireframe...
(1987) - Carrier CommandCarrier CommandCarrier Command is a landmark 1980s computer game available on Amiga, Atari ST, PC, ZX Spectrum, Apple Macintosh, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC computers....
(1988, audio tape music) - Starglider 2Starglider 2Starglider 2 was an early 3D space simulator/flight simulator video game released in 1988 by Argonaut Games and was the sequel to Starglider...
(1988, audio tape music) - International Karate +International Karate +International Karate +, often abbreviated as IK+, is a karate fighting video game published in 1987 by System 3 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. The Commodore version was released in the USA under the title Chop N' Drop.-Gameplay:In the game, three karateka fight against each...
(1988, Rob HubbardRob HubbardRob Hubbard is a music composer best known for his composition of computer game theme music, especially for microcomputers of the 1980s such as the Commodore 64...
's song arranged for Amiga) - AfterburnerAfterBurnerThe AfterBurner is a lighting solution for the Game Boy Advance system that was created by Triton-Labs.Originally, portablemonopoly.net was a website created to petition Nintendo to put some kind of light in their Game Boy Advance system...
(1988, arranged from the arcade game) - Garfield: A Winter's TailGarfield: A Winter's TailGarfield: Winter's Tail is a game based on the Jim Davis comic strip, Garfield. It was released in 1989 for Atari ST , Amiga, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.-Storyline:...
(1989) - F1GP (1992)
- Streetfighter II (1992)
- Frontier: Elite II (1993)
- Frontier: First Encounters (1995)